BSER Binary Serialization

BSER is a binary serialization scheme that can be used as an alternative to JSON.
BSER uses a framed encoding that makes it simpler to use to stream a sequence of
encoded values.

It is intended to be used for local-IPC only and strings are represented as binary
with no specific encoding; this matches the convention employed by most operating
system filename storage.

For more details about the serialization scheme see
Watchman's docs.

API

``js
var bser = require('bser');
`

$3

The is the synchronous decoder; given an input string or buffer,
decodes a single value and returns it. Throws an error if the
input is invalid.

`js
var obj = bser.loadFromBuffer(buf);
`

$3

Synchronously encodes a value as BSER.

`js
var encoded = bser.dumpToBuffer(['hello']);
console.log(bser.loadFromBuffer(encoded)); // ['hello']
`

$3

The asynchronous decoder API is implemented in the BunserBuf object.
You may incrementally append data to this object and it will emit the
decoded values via its value event.

`js
var bunser = new bser.BunserBuf();

bunser.on('value', function(obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
`

Then in your socket data event:

`js
bunser.append(buf);
`

Example

Read BSER from socket:

`js
var bunser = new bser.BunserBuf();

bunser.on('value', function(obj) {
console.log('data from socket', obj);
});

var socket = net.connect('/socket');

socket.on('data', function(buf) {
bunser.append(buf);
});
`

Write BSER to socket:

`js
socket.write(bser.dumpToBuffer(obj));
``